Be one of the first to try our new activity feed Gabriele Uboldi is there to keep the media throng at bay Peter Sagan is one of cycling’s superstars and behind his victories is an entire close-knit support group that ensures the highly solicited rider can stay focused on winning bike races VeloNews went behind the scenes with Sagan’s inner circle before this year’s Giro d’Italia and for the second of our four-part series we feature Gabriele Uboldi Gabriele Uboldi has a powerful presence whenever he shows up to a bike race And as Peter Sagan’s personal press officer he wields plenty of power if you want to get to Sagan you have to go through Uboldi Uboldi always retains a healthy dose of humility Also read: Peter Sagan’s personal soigneur But then Uboldi has spent his life frequenting stars has spent his life working with sportsmen at the highest level “First I was doing logistics for a Vasilij Zbogar the first Slovenian to win an Olympic medal He was just a huge champion and also a crazy guy a bit similar to Peter,” Uboldi says with a gentle laugh I have earned a lot of experience working with big personalities who are a bit crazy it was while working for Tinkov that he first met Sagan “After a year with Peter on the team his agent Giovanni Lombardi thought it would be good to have somebody really close to Peter to deal with the stress and so I started working closely with Peter,” he said Sometimes it is hard to separate Uboldi from Sagan as he is by Sagan’s side before and after the start of any race But he insists that while Lombardi’s role is more discreet Also read: Peter Sagan learning to win in new ways “Lombardi is just a genius when it comes to working with people And he is really close to the riders he works with,” he said “I think Lombardi is really one of the secrets behind Peter’s success but he is always looking out for Peter and what is best for his career “A couple of years ago a lot of people thought it was crazy for Peter to sign with Bora,” he said but it was Lombardi who really thought this was the best place for Peter five years later Bora-Hansgrohe is definitely one of the best teams in the world It’s no secret that Sagan’s contract is up and there has been no end to stories and speculation regarding the 31-year-old Slovakian’s future But Uboldi says flatly that such talk is premature “It’s still too early to really think about teams next year it is too early to think about that because Peter wants to show something this year and he wants to show it at the Giro,” Uboldi explains Last year was a very complicated year and then Peter got COVID early this year So really he wants to race here at the Giro and show himself we will sit down and think about next year,” he said “Our first choice is to stay with Bora-Hansgrohe we will sit down and start to think about the options once the Giro is over we won’t even think about next year until after the Giro.” winning stage 10 and making his daily podium appearance in the maglia ciclamino but we don’t feel at all that Peter is on his way down For 10 years he always had the same routine and everything changed with COVID but I think the lack of public at the races really has an effect on Peter He just really feeds off of the public and takes energy from them Also read: Peter Sagan to doubters: ‘I never went anywhere’ But while Sagan can make winning look easy Uboldi insists that not everything around Sagan is effortless “The greatest challenge working with Peter is dealing with all of the stress that is around him and our first job is to relieve that stress so that Peter can focus on racing “And so a small group of us here serve as Peter’s own bubble to relieve the stress,” he said “Peter and I talk four or five times a day and often we talk very little about cycling We were together when my daughter was born and we were together when his son was born Industry news and insights from Europe and around the World Keep up-to-date with the latest new products and technology ITALY: Leading refrigeration and air conditioning component manufacturer Lu-Ve has announced the temporary closure of plants in Italy and India in line with government directives to combat coronavirus spread In accordance with latest Italian government orders to ease all non-essential acitivities the Lu-Ve Group will stop production at the Tecnair and Manifold plants in Uboldo Varese; 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